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Brief communication: Storm Daniel flood impact in Greece in 2023: mapping crop and livestock exposure from synthetic-aperture radar (SAR)
Kang He
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Qing Yang
School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
Xinyi Shen
School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
Elias Dimitriou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavyssos, 19013 Attica, Greece
Angeliki Mentzafou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavyssos, 19013 Attica, Greece
Christina Papadaki
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavyssos, 19013 Attica, Greece
Maria Stoumboudi
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavyssos, 19013 Attica, Greece
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Executive editor
This is a very first manuscript focussing on the impact of the extreme precipitation event over Greece in September 2023. The analysis on the crop area and numbers of livestock exposed to flooding from the historic precipitation caused by storm Daniel in central Greece on September 3–8, 2023 should be of wider interest for the scientific community, the broader public and the media.
This is a very first manuscript focussing on the impact of the extreme precipitation event over...
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About 820 km2 of agricultural land was inundated in central Greece due to Storm Daniel. A detailed analysis revealed that the crop most affected by the flooding was cotton; the inundated area of more than 282 km2 comprised ~ 30 % of the total area planted with cotton in central Greece. In terms of livestock, we estimate that more than 14 000 ornithoids and 21 500 sheep and goats were affected. Consequences for agriculture and animal husbandry in Greece are expected to be severe.
About 820 km2 of agricultural land was inundated in central Greece due to Storm Daniel. A...
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